In Van Halen there were moments, like in some of the ballads, I put my heart and soul into those records. Those lyrics when I sang 'em, I gave myself goosebumps.

Every year on your birthday, you get a chance to start new.

I've been drinking tequila for a long time now, and it's never been about drinking to get drunk. I don't do that. I never drink tequila during the day, and I don't drive at night.

Stop looking out, start looking in. Be your own best friend. Stand up and say, hey, this is mine!

Yes, I'm looking at you, looking at me, looking at you, looking at me, looking back at you.

When I did red, it was nine, and that was it for me. I said, "Here I am - nine is my number and red is my color, and I'm in business now."

I'm John Lee Hooker in the sense that he was a blues man and he played blues his whole life. I'm a rock guy and I'm going to play rock music my whole life.

So many things can get you high, I'm gonna try them all just once before I die.

It's a good thing I don't read everything Eddie says, or I'd be up in arms and not enjoying my life.

You could be in the gutter and fall in love with someone, and you feel great. That's my honest opinion. I've witnessed both sides of that fence and being in love is where it's at.

To stay a great singer or guitar player, you've got to do it 24/7. That's what I do.

The lack of self-love has conditioned many to love those who inflict emotional pain on them, while hurting the ones who bring them the most joy.

Music is your own experience your thoughts your wisdom. If you don't live it it won't come out of your horn.

I wanted to play for the New York Yankees. That was the bottom line. I wanted to be there and play in that new stadium.

Let me learn now where Beauty is; I was born to know her mysteries . . .

nothing in life is more corroding than habit.

Fear is sweat, but terror is addictive.

Journalists immediately think of me as a resource for a quote or comment because they know that I will be available to offer fresh insight and meet their deadlines.

I love you is the inscription on Pandora's box.

In London, I've always lived within 10 miles of where I was born. You see, there is something called a spirit of place, and my place happens to be London, at least once a fortnight.

There is no such thing as an "atrocity" in warfare that is greater than the atrocity of warfare itself.